Winner will appear in Taste of Home magazine, cook with Carla Hall, and take home $25,000

Melinda Paul

I am very passionate! My love for food and preparing food runs deep into my person, it's who I am

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What is your signature dish?

Any type of fish dish! Love cooking with fish and everything under the sea :)

Who is your culinary inspiration?

My father, he has passed on but I carry his passion with me. He was the cook in our family growing up.

What would you do with the $25,000?

I would put it towards a food truck

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